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Why schools haven't shut yet in response to coronavirus

18 March 2020

3:09 AM

18 March 2020

3:09 AM

One of the big sources of confusion in the Government’s latest advice on coronavirus is about schools. You don’t have to go far on Twitter or Facebook to find memes like this one, suggesting Boris Johnson is wrong not to order teachers and pupils to follow the rest of the country:

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Angry pupils and parents are piling in, calling for schools to shut their doors.

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